Gustavus Adolphus College

Section 1. Composition of the Faculty

1.1 Faculty Status and Rank

• 1.1.1 Faculty Members with Regular Appointment
• 1.1.2 Faculty Members with Joint Appointment
• 1.1.3 Faculty Members with Special Appointment
• 1.1.4 Faculty Members with Part-time Appointment
• 1.1.5 Professors Emeriti
• 1.1.6 Faculty/Administration Appointments
  • 1.1.6.1 Appointment of Faculty to Administrative Positions
  • 1.1.6.2 Appointment of Administrators to Faculty

1.2 Types of Appointment

• 1.2.1 Term Appointments
• 1.2.2 Probationary and Tenured Appointments
  • 1.2.2.1 Probationary Appointments
  • 1.2.2.2 Appointments with Continuous Tenure

Section 2. Appointment, Advancement, and Termination

2.1.0 Appointment

• 2.1.1 Qualifications
• 2.1.2 Criteria
• 2.1.3 Terms and Conditions

2.2.0 Evaluation

2.3.0 Retention

2.4.0 Promotion

• 2.4.1 To Assistant Professor
  • 2.4.1.1 Criteria
• 2.4.2 To Associate Professor
  • 2.4.2.1 Criteria
• 2.4.3 To Professor
  • 2.4.3.1 Criteria

2.5.0 Tenure

• 2.5.1 Criteria

2.6.0 Termination

• 2.6.1 By Faculty
  • 2.6.1.1 Resignation
  • 2.6.1.2 Retirement
• 2.6.2 By College
  • 2.6.2.1 Non-renewal of Probationary and Special Appointment
  • 2.6.2.2 Programmatic change/financial exigency
  • 2.6.2.3 Medical Causes
  • 2.6.2.4 Dismissal

Section 3. Responsibilities, Rights, and Privileges

3.2.0 Rights and Privileges

• 3.2.1 Academic Freedom
• 3.2.2 All-College Policies
• 3.2.3 Participation in Political Activities
• 3.2.4 Grievance, Disciplinary, and Appeal Procedures
  • 3.2.4.1 Grievance Procedures
  • 3.2.4.2 Disciplinary Procedures
    • 3.2.4.3.1 Reconsideration of grievances adjudicated by the Personnel Committee
    • 3.2.4.3.2 Major Sanction Proceedings
      • 3.2.4.3.2.1 Preliminary considerations
      • 3.2.4.3.2.2 Initiating proceedings
  • 3.2.4.3 Appeals to the Faculty Senate
    • 3.2.4.3.1 Reconsideration of grievances adjudicated by the Personnel Committee
      • 3.2.4.3.1.1 Disposition of a petition regarding grievances adjudicated by the Personnel Committee
    • 3.2.4.3.2 Major Sanction Proceedings
      • 3.2.4.3.2.1 Preliminary considerations
      • 3.2.4.3.2.2 Initiating proceedings
      • 3.2.4.3.2.3 Procedures
      • 3.2.4.3.2.4 Disposition
    • 3.2.4.3.3 Appeals of decisions regarding tenure or promotion are initiated with the Faculty Review Committee
      • 3.2.4.3.3.1 Appeal Rights
      • 3.2.4.3.3.2 Grounds for Appeal
      • 3.2.4.3.3.3 Initiating an Appeal
      • 3.2.4.3.3.4 Appeal Procedures
      • 3.2.4.3.3.5 Disposition of Faculty Senate Tenure Appeals
      • 3.2.4.3.3.6 Actions of the Faculty Review Committee
      • 3.2.4.3.3.7 Faculty Senate Procedure
      • 3.2.4.3.3.8 Appeals to the Board of Trustees
      • 3.2.4.3.3.9 Chater of the Faculty Review Committee
  3.2.5 Compensation
  • 3.2.5.1 Contracts
  • 3.2.5.2 Salary
  • 3.2.5.3 Fringe Benefits
• 3.2.6 Faculty Development and Leaves
  • 3.2.6.1 Faculty Development
  • 3.2.6.2 Leaves of Absence
    • 3.2.6.2.1 Compensated Academic Leaves
    • 3.2.6.2.2 Other Leaves
      • A. Leaves for Graduate Study
      • B. Parental Leave
      • C. Family and Medical Leave
      • D. Leaves for Other Reasons

Section 4. Amendments to the Faculty Manual

4.1.0 Procedures for Amending the Faculty Manual

Appendix A

AAUP 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure

Appendix B

Faculty Compensation

• Faculty Salary Report
• Faculty Salary and Compensation Notes
• Faculty Emeriti Privileges